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2017-05-15

Hamonic, Laura, Dennett, Elizabeth

Introduction: A simple, cost effective method for engaging students and promoting use of our health sciences library's rare books collection was sought. An environmental scan of other special collections libraries' programs resulted in our decision to capitalize on the adult colouring trend....

2016

Featherstone, Robin, Paynter, Robin , Guise, Jeanne-Marie, Umscheid, Craig, Mitchell, Matthew , Robinson, Karen, Dryden, Donna, Foisy, Michelle, Hartling, Lisa

Background: Rapid review (RR) products are inherently appealing as they are intended to be less time-consuming and resource-intensive than traditional systematic reviews (SRs); however, there is concern about the rigor of methods and reliability of results. In 2013 to 2014, a workgroup comprising...

2019-01-01

Osman, Mohamed A., Schick-Makaroff, Kara, Thomas, Stephanie, Bialy, Liza, Featherstone, Robin, Kurzawa, Julia, Zaidi, Deenaz, Okpechi, Ikechi, Habib, Syed, Shojai, Soroush, Jindal, Kailash, Braam, Branko, Keely, Erin, Liddy, Clare, Manns, Braden, Tonelli, Macello, Hemmelgarn, Brenda, Klarenbach, Scott, Bello, Aminu K.

Introduction: Electronic consultation (eConsult)-provider-to-provider electronic asynchronous exchanges of patient health information at a distance-is emerging as a potential tool to improve the interface between primary care providers and specialists. Despite growing evidence that eConsult has...

2018-09-28

Osman, Mohamed A., Schick-Makaroff, Kara, Thompson, Stephanie, Featherstone, Robin, Bialy, Liza, Kurzawa, Julia, Okpechi, Ikechi G., Habib, Syed, Shojai, Soroush, Jindal, Kailash, Klarenbach, Scott, Bello, Aminu K.

Introduction: Electronic consultations (eConsult), asynchronous exchanges of patient health information at a distance, are increasingly used as an option to facilitate patient care and collaboration between primary care providers and specialists. Although eConsult has demonstrated success in...

2012-03-01

Chojecki, Dagmara, Harstall, Christa, Corabian, Paula

This exploratory report provides a summary of some of the published information on the current status of research in and potential future sphere of activity of nanomedicine (Part I) and an inventory of resources on nanotechnology and nanomedicine (Part II). Over the next 5 to 10 years it is...

2012-06-11

Boruff, Jill, Robertson, Helen, Ufholz, Lee-Anne, Storie, Dale, Chojecki, Dagmara

Introduction: Little is known about medical trainees’ and clinicians’ current use of mobile devices for information-seeking, including the resources they use and in what context. This study was designed to better understand what types of mobile information resources this population finds...

2015-08-20

Kung, Janice, Dennett, Elizabeth, Campbell, Sandy

This PowerPoint presentation is used in a three-hour workshop designed to provide an introduction to database searching in the context of systematic reviews as a research method. The program focuses on structured searching, database selection and documentation of the search for the methods...

2015-11-13

Campbell, Sandy, Kung, Janice, Dennett, Elizabeth

This workshop has been offered 35 times between 2011 and 2015 by librarians at the University of Alberta John W. Scott Health Sciences Library. It is a three hour workshop which covers defining the research questions using PICO forms, Boolean Logic, database selection, structured searching using...

2015-09-22

Kung, Janice, Dennett, Elizabeth, Campbell, Sandy

These handouts are used in the three hour workshop, Introduction to Systematic Review Searching offered by the John W. Scott Health Sciences Library at the University of Alberta.

2015/18/12

Castro Codesal, Maria L.

Introduction: Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in children has become an increasingly common modality of breathing support where pressure support is delivered through a mask interface or less commonly through other non-invasive interfaces. At this time, NIV is considered a first-line option for...